This said by Jayanto ( son of Hemant Kumar ) on a radio interview -
Radio Farishta
( taken from a different discussion group )
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Jayanto: Listen to me, when he made Bees Saal Baad,
Lata at that time was going through some vocal
sickness. She thought she had lost her voice. This is
a fact. For months and months, she would not sing for
anybody. She was very fond of my father. She used to
call him dada, and I think she has tied rakhi to him
also.. and she really thought she could never sing in
her life.
Mash: When was this?
Jayanto: This was in 1961. So my father said Lata,
Gaana hai, gaana hai (you have to sing, you have to
sing) and she would say dada nahi dada nahi (no dada
no dada). My voice is gone.. I cannot sing. I think I
will never be able to sing. My father after six
months… fortunately for him he did not have to
pay any interest because he was not borrowing money;
the cash which came from mothers savings was handy.
One fine day he told Lata, we have a recording
scheduled on the day after at the Film Centre, I will
go for the recording, musicians will be there, if you
feel you can come.. then do come, incase you feel you
cant come.. then dont. But I am going, the musicians
will be around and everything is ready for the
recording. If you do not come I wont feel anything.
Lata came. Lata sang after a year or 10 months and she
also got the filmfare award for the song she sang
Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil. That was Latas come back
point. And again Mash, these are not made up stories,
these are facts.
Mash: How old were you then?
Jayanto: It was in 1961, because Bees Saal Baad was
released in 1962. So this was in 1961. I am born in
1942.. and I am very bad in maths.. so 1961 is what..
I was 14, 15 I think…
Mash: So you have a faint memory of this…
Jayanto: No no.. these facts are told to me by my
father. And we were sitting outside and he was
thinking, he composed the mukhda (sings Kahin Deep
Jale) in two minutes. He was sitting at the table and
I was sitting opposite him .. he started singing…
thoda thoda (bits)… My pet name is Babu.. this
tune came in his mind, he ran to the music room. Now I
can give theka (give beats on the tabla) and play a
little bit of tabla. Not tabla! Actually I can play on
the table because I have a sense of rhythm. So he
said, ?Babu babu come here, what he meant was come
before I forget! I want to record this piece before I
forget.? So he recorded on his tape recorder in front
of me ?